First One
day : Zimbabwe vs Pakistan at Bulawayo
on 08.09.11 : Pakistan
won by five runs

BRM Taylor became the fourth Zimbabwe batsman to aggregate 300
boundary fours in one day games. His tally stood at exact 300 at the end of
this game. Others are - G Flower {557}, A Flower {332} and ADR Campbell {427}

Adnan Akmal
made his debut in one day games for Pakistan in this game. His brothers
- Kamran and Umar - have already played one day games for Pakistan. They provide the second
instance of three brothers playing for Pakistan in one day games. Other
instance was the Elahi brothers - Manzoor Elahi, Zahoor Elahi and Salim Elahi -
representing Pakistan
in one day games.

Akmal
brothers provide the sixth occasion of three brothers representing a country in
the annals of one day games. Others are - Chappell brothers of Australia {GS
Chappell, IM Chappell and TM Chappell}, Otieno brothers of Kenya {KO Otieno, DO
Obuya and CO Obuya}, Hadlee brothers of New Zealand {BG Hadlee, DR Hadlee

Second one
day: England vs India at Southampton on 06.09.11: England won by
seven wickets: Match reduced to 23 overs a side due to rain

England won the
toss and inserted the opposition in this game to provide the 18th occasion of England
doing so against India.
It also provides England
doing so for the eighth occasion at home against India.

England won this
game by seven wickets providing the 12th occasion of England winning
a game after it had inserted the opposition

R Dravid
completed 900 runs against England
when he was on 22 during the course of his knock of 32. At the end of the game
his aggregate read 922. He became the sixth Indian batsman to total 900 plus
runs against England.
Others are - SR Tendulkar {1455}, Yuvraj Singh {1187}, V Sehwag {1008}, SC
Ganguly {975} and M Azharuddin {911}. R Dravid needs 78 runs more for 1000 runs
against England

AM Rahane
scored his maiden one day fifty when he made 54 in this game. It was an
improvement over his debut 40 in the

Ajinkya Rahane's success so far, and it is important to remember that it has only been two innings as I write this, is an interesting development for both young cricketers and selectors.

For those who think that getting your front foot out of the way, tonking a few and eyeing an IPL contract is the way ahead, the news is that the longer you bat the better you seem to get. Rahane has an outstanding first class record, has seen success and frustration and has shown the right attitude towards playing cricket. And 17 first class hundreds means he doesn't only know how to bat but also how to get runs. And those are two rather different things! He's shown himself to be quite capable in the T20I and the rained-out ODI against England as well.

He was India's top performer with the bat according to the Castrol Index in the T20I and contributed with a helpful 40 runs in the one-day match, too. The former was in a losing cause, but the ODI looked promising for India until the weather spoiled